John Deere dealership
moving from Stittsville to
West Carleton.
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Santa’s smitten

Santa is definitely smitten with little Bridget Gemmill at the Fitzroy Harbour Christmas party last
Saturday morning. The community centre had plenty of kids and parents on hand as Santa spoke
with each one on stage and handed out gifts. Only 13 more sleeps until the big day.

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News - Santa Claus has been busy
driving his sleigh in parades in Constance Bay, Arnprior, Renfrew and
Calabogie. And this Saturday, he
comes back to West Carleton.
The Huntley Community Association (HCA) is hosting its 5th annual
Santa Claus parade in Carp Dec. 14.
Parade registration will begin at
10:30 a.m. in the Diefenbunker park-

ing lot at 3911 Carp Rd.
Carp Road will be closed at 11:45.
The parade begins at noon.
The parade begins and ends at the
Diefenbunker and follows Carp Road
to Juanita Street to Langstaff Drive,
turning right on Donald B. Munro
Drive and back onto Carp Road.
Road closures will be in effect for
the parade.
See PARADE, page 5

News – Pinto Valley
Ranch, among the valley’s most popular places
for the public to experience a working farm and
ride horses, is set to close
its gates for the last time.
After 58 years the
ranch will turn into a private residence and farm
on Sunday, June 1, 2014.
It will remain a boarding facility for many area
horse owners, but the Jardine family has decided
that the time is right to
hang up the saddle.
Generations of rural lifestyle lovers have
journeyed to the ranch,
located at the corner of
Galetta Side and Ferry
roads in West Carleton.
They could pet the animals that dart across the
pond or fields, ride a
horse or grab some chow
at Step Up Ruby’s restaurant.
“We are retiring in
June,” said owner Tracey,
as enthusiastic as always.
“We are in a position to
make it happen, and it’s a
lot of work. It’s with joy
and sadness, because it’s
been a lot of years.”
Tracey and Ben intend
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together for quiet family
time.
“We are excited to
settle into a little slower
pace and make family
time our number one priority,” Tracey said.
In a press release issued Dec. 6, Pinto Valley
ranch indicated that customers are encouraged
to renew old memories
or make new ones before
the spring due date.
“It has been a lot of
fun and a real privilege
to have enjoyed the last
five years here at the
ranch with the public,” it
reads. “We have met so
many new and wonderful
people and it has been a
very fast paced exciting
ride.”
An auction sale takes
place Saturday, June 7,
2014. Horses, ponies,
tack, equipment and other related items from the
business will be up for
sale. For more, see www.
pintovalley.com
With the recent closure
of Storyland amusement
park northwest of Renfrew, the loss of another
rural institution in Pinto
Valley Ranch is sad news
to many. But the Jardines
insist it is – like every
day the sun comes up cause for celebration.

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News - A 42-year-old Dunrobin man was
arrested for impaired driving Nov. 30 after he
allegedly smoked pot and played â&#x20AC;&#x153;chickenâ&#x20AC;?
with at least a dozen cars, including a police
cruiser on Highway 105 in Wakefield.
According to MRC des Collines Spokesperson Martin Fournel, the man, who has yet
to be identified, left Mont Ste-Marie after a
day of snowboarding around 4 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 30 and began â&#x20AC;&#x153;driving like he was impaired.â&#x20AC;?
He was veering in and out of his lane and

drivers heading in the opposite direction had
to swerve to avoid a head-on collision, said
Fournel. He said his force got a handful of
calls within minutes from motorists following
the erratic driver.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;When there was no vehicle coming the other way, he was driving normal,â&#x20AC;? said Fournel.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;So (witnesses) noticed when there was a vehicle coming the opposite way, he was swerving at them.â&#x20AC;?
An MRC des Collines Police cruiser headed north to intercept the driver and nearly
collided with him head-on, Fournel said..
The cop pulled a U-turn and pursued the driver, but the 42-year-old wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pull over. He

then ran a red light in Wakefield before giving
up his joy ride, Fournel said.
Officers figured the man was drunk, but
they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t smell alcohol. A sobriety test
proved he was under the legal blood-alcohol
concentration of .08 per cent, but cops werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
convinced he was completely sober.
They sent him to a Gatineau police
station where cops performed an â&#x20AC;&#x153;intense questionnaire,â&#x20AC;? that Fournel said revealed the driver was stoned on marijuana.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were able to, without any doubt, say that
he used pot,â&#x20AC;? said Fournel, adding that the questionnaire lasted over an hour. Fournel would not
elaborate on the content of the questionnaire.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exactly how much? Hard to tell.â&#x20AC;?
Police also took a urine sample and he said
results are pending. Police towed the manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
vehicle, but found no drugs or alcohol inside.
Charges are pending against the driver, said
Fournel.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe it was an attempted suicide, he was just playing chicken â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with people.â&#x20AC;?
Police are looking for any drivers who
were forced to swerve out of the way of
a 2010 dark blue Toyota Corolla on Hwy
105 on Saturday between around 4 p.m.
Anyone with information can call
Fournel at 819-459-9911 ext. 3262.

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Liberals has led many Canadians to
conclude all federal parties are corrupt. Dewar chuckled and said his
party benefits from having never
been in power at the national level;
but that the NDP are doing the hard
work needed to generate grassroots
support. He agrees the Conservatives
appealed to votersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; angry cynical
side, but that they are to be admired
for building a grassroots movement.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you believed people back in
2006 and 2007 youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think the NDP
was disappearing,â&#x20AC;? Dewar said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We

are doing the hard work to figure out
who is our constituency for issues
we think are most important.â&#x20AC;?
McCrimmon said the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
pox-on-all-their-houses summary is
a form of voter suppression that benefits Harper and the Conservatives.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they make it so unsavoury that
everybody is turned off, he wins,â&#x20AC;?
she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of good
people in politics, but if everyone is
turned off the angry cynical people
will win. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we need to
build hope.â&#x20AC;?

that leadership is about â&#x20AC;&#x153;answering
the peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s questions.â&#x20AC;? Whether
Harper has enough credibility left
should he stand up to explain what
happened is unclear.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe not,â&#x20AC;? McCrimmon said,
adding that Harperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation as a
control freak who responds to direct
questions with vague talking points
is no longer working.
That the Tories came in on a
promise of open and transparent
government after the corruption and
scandals under the Chretien-Martin

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News â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ottawa area Liberals and
New Democrats have fallen short of
calling for Prime Minister Stephen
Harperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resignation over the senate
scandal, but that could just be a matter of time.
Tory MP Gordon Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
speak to the issue, prompting at least
on opposition MP to indicate that
backbenchers are no longer following the PMOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s script.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe in his own
partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talking points, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why he
wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak with (Metroland East),â&#x20AC;?
said Paul Dewar of the MP for Carleton-Mississippi Mills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had
frank discussions in the past with
Gordon Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor. I know him to be
an honourable man. And given the
point of view he might not be running again, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprise me.â&#x20AC;?
Dewar, member of Parliament
for Ottawa Centre, said the scandal
is less about the senate than Harper
and his inner circle. Backbenchers
have long tired of being muzzled by
young handlers in the PMO, culminating in Conservative bill to place
limits on Harperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s power.
Dewar said he agrees with Michael Chongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s private memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
bill in principle, but that his party
already has many of its provisions
in place.
Former Liberal leadership candidate Karen McCrimmon sides with
Justin Trudeau when it comes to
holding off on a demand that Harper
resign. She is convinced there is

much more to come from the senate
scandal.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;This goes deeper than this,â&#x20AC;? said
McCrimmon, who vows to again
run against Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What would
drive Wright â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who is a smart man,
who knows the rules â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to make that
critical decision to pay Duffy? They
are unwilling to answer critical
questions like that.â&#x20AC;?
She said there is an aspect of the
human mind that will hear simplistic slogans and talking points over
again and come to believe them, but

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News - Closing underused
city service centres would
save a lot of money, but councillors said that option is unacceptable.
West Carleton-March Coun.
Eli El-Chantiry said centres
that provide city services are

an important issue for councillors â&#x20AC;&#x201C; especially those who
represent rural areas.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are also places where
city staff can work remotely,â&#x20AC;?
he added.
The city needs to consider
the intangible benefits of
providing easy access to the
centres because it encourages
people to follow the rules and

obtain necessary permits for
things like fires, El-Chantiry
said.
The city employs the equivalent of 40 full-time employees to staff the centres with a
budget of $3.2 million.
Axing 13 of those employees and closing the centres
they work at could save the
city $824,000 a year, auditor

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report found.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is because the resources are not being fully
utilized,â&#x20AC;? said Ray Kostuch,
the deputy auditor general.
But city manager Kent
Kirkpatrick said city management has no intent of closing
centres at this point.
The rural centres â&#x20AC;&#x201C; especially Kinburn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; would be
first on the chopping block.
They already operate on limited hours â&#x20AC;&#x201C; usually only once
a week.
Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fairly common for rural
residents to use service centres in the urban area, where
they work, Kostuch said.
Donna Gray, manager of
Service Ottawa, reiterated that
she is not looking at closing
rural service centres.
The centres provide essential tax and other city services â&#x20AC;&#x153;for our residents who
donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have internet access and
people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have access in other ways,â&#x20AC;? she said.
Rather, Kirkpatrick said the

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Kinburnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s city service centre was the least used in 2012,
according to an audit. It processed only 11 transactions
on an average day but city councillors said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important
to keep rural service centres open.
city will look at how the staff
time and service capacity at
the centres could bet better
used.
The city will also be looking at ensuring the service
centres are located where they
provide the most convenience
and have the best chance of
being used by residents.

Twenty-three per cent of
transactions performed at the
centres are payments of water
and tax bills, which could be
automated instead of requiring
staff to process the payments,
Kostuch said. The city is in
the process of putting more
services online as part of the
Service Ottawa initiative.

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Every year generous landowners allow the winter use of their property for the enjoyment of snowmobiling.
This land use is a privilege that is crucial to the existence of our snowmobile trails, and provides many
social, recreational and economical benefits to our entire community â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not to mention memories made out
on the trails and at events with family and friends.
On behalf of snowmobilers and businesses that benefit from our trails, the West Carleton Snowmobile Trails
Association wish to say a special â&#x20AC;&#x153;thanksâ&#x20AC;? to our landowners for the use of their property again this season.

West Carleton-March Coun. Eli El-Chantiry and Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson
pose beside the eight-lane swimming pool, just one fo the many feature of the $43.14million Richcraft Recreation Complex.
“A lot of people in the community have been involved in
getting this done,” she said,
adding it’s great to see the
ﬁnished product. “Sketches
aren’t the same as the real
thing.”
After seven years of planning, with council giving
the complex the green light
in 2010, the centre will be a
hub of activity for residents in
Kanata, West Carleton, Stittsville and Goulbourn.
“We’re grateful and happy,”

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said West Carleton-March
Coun. Eli El-Chantiry. “It’s
the only pool from Fitzroy
Harbour to Kanata, except for
the leisure centre.”
The $43.14-million recreation complex boasts an eightlane swimming pool, a leisure
and therapeutic pool, two full
gymnasiums, a ﬁtness and
cardio centre, multi-purpose
rooms, a lighted sports ﬁeld
with artiﬁcial turf and an outdoor skate park, which is the
“number one skate park in all

of Ottawa,” said Wilkinson.
The complex also features
four public art commissions
by local artists, and the beginnings of an outdoor sculpture
garden.
Gauntlet, a hockey glove
carved out of Indiana limestone and created by Almonte
artist Marcus Kucey-Jones,
was paid for through fundraising money and is the ﬁrst
addition to what will become
the sculpture garden.
Kucey-Jones said he chose

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HCA president Annie Craig children must be accompanied by an adult
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duced water use.
The state-of-the-art facility, located at 4101 Innovation
Dr., will have a soft opening
for the month of December,
so people have time to try
about the facilities, classes
and pool, said Chantal Laporte, recreation portfolio
manager. Programming will
start in January.
“I think the community is
very lucky to have such a gorgeous place,” she said. “We
couldn’t have done it without
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News - The ﬁrst thing
many people notice as they
walk through the doors of
the new Richcraft Recreation
Complex Kanata is the large,
eight-lane pool surrounded by
windows and ﬁlled with light.
Sisters Alexandria and
Norah Beer said they are
looking forward to testing out
the new facility.
“Going in the swimming
pool and going outside to
the park,” are seven-year-old
Alexandria’s two main priorities, she said.
Not to be outdone, ﬁveyear-old Norah said, “I’ll use
everything!” as she looked
around the 8,360 square metre building.
The two sisters helped
load up the vault with time
capsules from the mayor and
west end councillors during
the grand opening ceremony
for the Richcraft Recreation
Complex on Dec. 5.
Community fundraising,
including the sale of the time
capsules, helped pay for an
additional two lanes for the
pool, as well as a youth room
and a larger skate park.
So far, the efforts have generated $979,900 of the $1.2
million needed, said Kanata North Coun. Marianne
Wilkinson, and fundraising is
ongoing.

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“The way it’s placed signiﬁes celebration and challenge,” he said.
Wilkinson said more art
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Christmas has exploded all over the house
Lifestyle - This past
weekend all Christmas
broke loose at the Fisher
farm. I had an agenda when
I woke up Sunday morning
because I knew things were
only going to get busier
before the big day and if
I didn’t get a move on the
lights would never get up.
It’s not like they can put
themselves up.
So, I found the ladder
and the long hooked pole
that the Farmer had rigged
up for this very purpose. I
got the box of lights out of
the basement, spent half an
hour untangling them and
stretching them out across
the front lawn, then I fastened the end of the string

of lights to the end of the
hooked pole. Wielding my
instrument like a super-long
fly-fishing rod, I cast up toward the top of the huge
pine tree. And promptly got
the entire apparatus stuck
there.
I got the pole back and
the end of the lights are sort
of up at the top of the tree.
Almost at the top. Good
enough. A man on a galloping horse would never notice, as my mom says.
I brought the pole to the
barn and got a garden rake
out instead. Armed with
that, I repeatedly pushed
the string of lights up onto
the branches as I moved
my ladder around the tree.

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Almost tipped over a few times,
and I imagined the boys watching me from the house. I was
stubborn, didn’t ask for help,
and decided halfway through I
didn’t need it anyway. I got the
job done.
Back in the house, I decided
I would let the men go find me
a tree while I dragged boxes
of decorations out of the attic
crawl space. I found the balls
and the stars, the angels and the
ribbon that I wind through the
branches.
I tested the strings of white
lights and hung the stockings
all over the living room. Then I

started getting the house ready
for Sunday dinner and waited
for the men. I had given them
less than an hour to find me a
tree before we had to start cooking dinner. I hoped they would
be lucky.
I remember one Christmas a
few years ago when I challenged
the Farmer to find me a tree on
the property. We drove the ATV
out back over deep snow and I
pointed at the top of a huge tree.
He climbed up and sawed the
top five feet off. When it fell
down to the ground and rolled
over I burst out laughing. The
back of it was just a bunch of

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brown twigs. My poor husband
was covered in sweat from his
tree-climbing and sawing efforts. We just left the poor thing
there in the snow and went to
visit the Johnson Brothers instead. And that’s what we have
done every year – gone to a
tree farm to pick out a perfectly
trimmed and cultivated Christmas tree, like the cityfolk.
Well, this year I decided I
wanted to try again. And the
Farmer is always up for a challenge. Within an hour I heard
the ATV returning, a beautiful
round tree on the trailer and our
two Chinese students dangling
their feet off the back of the
ride.
It wasn’t until they unloaded
their bounty that I was told it
was actually two trees tied together. Leave it to the Farmer to
come up with that little feat of
engineering. Bringing it into the

house was a bit of a challenge,
and so was finding a space for
it in the living room. I got the
lights and ribbon, ornaments
and candy canes on it before our
guests arrived and even snapped
a picture or two. John and Jerry
pronounced it beautiful, and I
have to agree. It’s the best tree
we have ever had.
Our beautiful double-barreled Christmas tree tried to
fall into the room once during
Sunday dinner, reminding us to
tighten the screws in the base
as well as tying it to the curtain
rods on both sides.
Now it is secure. It should
make it through the holidays, as
long as I remember to lock the
cats in the basement before I go
to bed at night.
‘Cause if they get into it, the
song will be “oh Christmas tree,
oh Christmas tree, your ornaments are history…”

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ntensification is still the buzz word for development in Ottawa, so we should all get used to it.
The city recently approved a swath of plans
that will guide the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth and development over the next two decades. Council gave the
thumbs up to five master plans, including the Official
Plan, the infrastructure master plan and the transportation master plan. The city said it will encourage
intensification, not exactly a new concept, but one
that usually sparks heated debate when development
applications are discussed at community associations
and at planning committee.
Yet for some reason, it sometimes comes as a
shock to residents when a developer takes the city at
its word and proposes to build a high-rise or mid-rise
in an established community. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not willy-nilly
development.The official plan encourages intensification in specific areas of the city, namely rural
areas, villages, mixed-use centres and public transit
stations. The plan requires development to fit the
character of the community.
Keep in mind, a developer can always apply to
build a large building in an area the city may not prefer. All it requires is a little rezoning â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and if the city
objects, it risks fighting an appeal before the Ontario
Municipal Board, and Ottawa hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly racked

up a stellar record fighting those appeals, especially
when the development requests are supported by the
cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own staff.
We can only hope this type of unwanted development requests are few and far between, as the official
plan offers preferred areas of the city for intensification. Residents should check out the planned extensions to the Transitway, as well as the future routes of
the light-rail transit system, which will be built over
the coming decades. Those plans will give a good
indication what areas developers are targeting for
intensification.
The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Official Plan aims to promote smart
growth, for instance, by discouraging urban sprawl,
a costly phenomenon for taxpayers, as it requires providing roads, water pipes, storm water management
and other services to previously undeveloped areas.
Smart growth means encouraging public transit
and reducing the number of motorists clogging our
roads. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s master plans for growth offer solace
for residents by giving them the relative certainty
of where development can occur, and what type of
development, with rules governing the heights and
designs of buildings. To avoid unwelcome shocks,
residents may want to check out the plans, specifically in areas near where they live.

COLUMN

Who can save downtown? Maybe nobody

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ast time we looked, the cinemas
at the World Exchange Plaza were
doomed. No one was happy about
that, apparently not even the people
who were doing the dooming. But, as the
current motto of the hopeless goes, it is what
it is.
The movie theatres at World Exchange
are nice and, more important, nicely located.
They have developed a bit of a niche following by blending in artier fare with the usual
mainstream stuff. But one movie company
decided to vacate the premises when its lease
expires, and while another movie company
has taken over the lease, there are no guarantees that it will continue to show movies in
2014. Meanwhile, the owners of the building
are thinking about converting the theatres to
office space.
Yes, office space with sloping floors. But it
is what it is.
Ottawa city council has expressed concern,
with various councillors asking city staff to
explore all options, and noting rather pointedly that the city has been helpful to the
World Exchange people in the past.
It sure would be nice if someone with
a sense of social responsibility and civic
pride â&#x20AC;&#x201D; perhaps even the current owners

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continues to have a mainstream movie theatre
downtown. It takes all the fingers of one
hand to list the downtown theatres that have
disappeared in the last two decades â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Capital
Square, Place de Ville, Elgin, Nelson, Somerset, and there others that go further back.
That canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have helped our downtown
life. True, the suburbanization of just about
everything has been a feature of our existence
for some time. A lot of shopping is now done
away from the core; entertainment complexes,
not to mention sports facilities, have moved
a distance away. People are getting used to
heading away from the centre.
But that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it ideal. It means a
lot of driving, a lot of traffic, a lot of oil consumption, a lot of greenhouse gases. And is it

not also true that one of the aims of our city
government has been to encourage population
growth in the centre, getting people to move
downtown in a bid to make the city more liveable, less dependent on the automobile?
It canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help this goal if the people who
move downtown then have to get into their
cars and drive for half an hour if they want to
see a movie. (That is, a mainstream movie,
because the Bytowne, on Rideau Street, does
a good job of serving those whose taste in
films leans to the less commercial.)
And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not much in the way of consolation that a cinema is maybe going to open
at the new Lansdowne development. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
more than walking distance for many downtown people. So they will drive their cars
to Lansdowne, giving the Glebe just what it
needs: more cars.
The situation is so dire that people have
even begun to use what I call the G8 argument, to wit: â&#x20AC;&#x153;What a disgrace that in the
capital of a G8 nation you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even find a
movie theatre in the downtown!â&#x20AC;?
And you know, that is a persuasive argument. But what can anybody do about it?
Business will do what business will do, like
it or not. City council can plead, citizens can
mutter. But no one can force a cinema to stay

open. It is what it is.
This is probably the kind of thing Justin
Trudeau was getting at when he made his
much ridiculed comments about his â&#x20AC;&#x153;level of
admirationâ&#x20AC;? for the Chinese government and
that fact that a dictatorship can do things in a
hurry.
Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something in that. If we had the
Chinese government here and the Chinese
government wanted there to be a movie theatre in downtown Ottawa, there would be one
and we could all enjoy attending it.
Of course, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d also have the Chinese
government.

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A big thank you from all of us at the EMC to our readers
who supplied fabulous recipes for the Holiday Recipe
Favourites Book, making this year’s book a huge success.
Also a special thank you to our advertisers and to those
businesses that supplied the prizing.

Restaurant, the LCBO, or Scotiabank in the village. Ornaments are in blue or pink to indicate
gender, with an age range on the back. The gift
can be dropped off at the church or the food aid
in the Memorial Hall basement.
There isn’t a lot of concern that donations to
Filipino typhoon survivors will take away from
giving locally. There are always lots of different causes during the Christmas season, Stone
said.
In past years the church hall is packed with
boxes, food and gifts. About 40 volunteers are
racing about with 10 drivers coming and going
all day long.
“It’s a real community thing, not just the congregation. It’s a lot of fun and crazy. Last year it
was a snowstorm,” Stone said. “Christmas is a
wonderful time for us to think of others. It gives
you an opportunity to take a pause on the craziness of Christmas and serve and support other
people that are having a hard time.”
She said it is a gift to volunteers to help others.
Anyone wishing to make a donation before
the Dec. 20 delivery day is asked to drop off
food or a cheque to West Carleton Emergency
Food Aid, 3739 Carp Rd., or St. James the
Apostle church at 3774 Carp Rd., in the village
of Carp.

derek.dunn@metroland.com

Community – The annual food basket drive
will be a challenge this year with a jump in need
anywhere from a quarter to a third.
“We’ll need up to 90 baskets,” Rev. Monique
Stone said. “It’s an overall increase of 25 to 30
per cent.”
Stone is with St. James Anglican Church,
located next to the Carp fairgrounds. Some
from her congregation join other volunteers at
the parish hall on the Friday before Christmas
to package baskets and deliver to recipients
throughout West Carleton.
A big setback is that she isn’t expecting significant corporate donations as in past years.
“We have no indication there will be any
hope of a large corporate donation like in the
last couple of years.”
Added to this, the price of food has escalated
over the year putting pressure on the West Carleton Emergency Food Aid’s ability to package
a dinner and breakfast. Each box should contain
a fresh turkey, cheese and fixings, along with
food for the morning and, for families with
children, gifts.
Anyone wanting to purchase a child’s gift
can take an ornament from angel trees at Alice’s

Community Centre. The showcase will feature
three mini shows
lasting approximately 35 minutes each and
will feature all
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their stuff on
stage in Constance Bay.
The school’s
annual
winter
showcase will
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WCSOPA students to showcase talents Dec. 15
drama students,
from recreational and competitive fields.
Showtimes
are 11:30 a.m.,
1 p.m. and 2:30
p.m. and doors
open at the community centre 15
minutes prior to
each set.
“This is our
13th
annual
holiday showcase. Time flies,”
said WCSOPA
director
Melissa
Demers.
She said the
event is a “very
family friendly
opportunity to
be exposed to the
performing arts”
and is intended
to cultivate an
appreciation of
dance and drama.
“People
can
expect to see
various
styles
of dances, and
some
drama,
(tap, jazz, ballet, acro, contemporary, hip
hop and musical
theater),” added
school administrator Donna
Bernard. “Tickets are $ 5 and
that gets you into
all three shows,
tickets are available at the studio

now and at the
door.”
The
winter
showcase is a
fundraiser
for
a tumble track
for the studio,
located at 3987
Dunrobin Rd. in
Woodlawn.
“A
tumble
track is an inflatable track that
is used for many
different things,
tumbling, learning different
types of jumps,
and lifts. The
air filled track
assists in giving
students more
air time to allow
them to learn
new skills in a
safe
environment, said Bernard.
Along with
dancing, there
will also be a
silent auction,
bake sale and
various vendors,
just in time for
Christmas.
“(It’s) lots of
fun seeing the
adorable
two
year-old right up
to the jaw dropping talent of our
senior dancers,”
said Demers.
For more information, call
613-832-4648.

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Will this be a Snowy winter?
With numbers
of Snowy Owls
currently being
sighted
across
southern Ontario,
this may well
be one of those
years.
The
Snowy
Owl I encountered was a young
male. I could tell
this because it
was quite small
for its species
(but still large for
an owl) and had
dark markings on
top of its head,
wings, and back.
Adult males sport
very few spots
and some are immaculate.
Females,
which are a
third larger than
the males, always have some
dark markings.
Young females
are sometimes so
heavily marked
they look like a

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areas of open
farmland that resemble the Arctic
tundra where this
diurnal species
nests, and the
Meadow Voles
that inhabit those
fields.
If voles are
at a low in their
population cycle,
Snowy Owls pass
through our area
and travel farther
east and south in
search of better
hunting grounds.
When voles are
abundant on Amherst Island, large
numbers can be
found there; a
few years ago I
counted 23 in one
day!
We only see
large numbers of
MICHAEL RUNTZ Snowy Owls in
This young male Snowy was perched on a pole near southern Ontario
Arnprior.
when lemmings
and voles are
scarce in the Far
the Arctic.
o c c a s i o n a l l y staying all win- North.
We do not see large numbers ter.
Snowy Owls ev- descend on our
The attraction
ery winter, but area with some here are the vast

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Lifestyle
When one thinks
of an owl, a big
brown bird silently gliding through
the night usually
comes to mind.
This is because
most of our owls
sport brown as
their main colour and most
hunt at night.
Great Horned and
Barred owls are
our two largest
local nesting species, but even diminutive Northern
Saw-whet Owls
and the mediumsized Long-eared
and Short-eared
owls are predominantly brown.
In some winters boreal forest
species visit our
area. Great Gray
Owls, Northern
Hawk Owls and
the rarely seen
Boreal Owls are
more grey than
brown.
Recently
a
Northern Hawk
Owl, a long-tailed,
diurnal owl that
looks like a small
but
big-headed
hawk, was spotted
near Arnprior.
Just last week
I came across another visiting owl
on the Galetta
Side Road near
the 417 overpass.
It came from the
north but not from
the boreal forest,
and its colour was
white.
It was a Snowy
Owl, the most
northern owl in
the world, and it
had come from

very different species.
We have not
recorded Snowy
Owls on the Pakenham-Arnprior
Christmas Bird
Count since 2008,
so I am hoping
this one lingers
for a couple of
more weeks.
Even if more
are found, it will
be hard to beat the
record of seven
tallied on Dec. 26,
1987.
However, my
fingers are crossed
for a very Snowy
Christmas
this
year!
With the Boxing Day count
rapidly approaching, I would appreciate hearing
of the birds coming to your feeders if you live
within 7.5 miles
of Pakenham (the
bird count area is
a 15-mile-diameter circle centred
near Pakenham).
If you would
like to take part in

News - A Stittsville John Deere dealership
got the city’s nod to move to a new location
in West Carleton, despite city staff’s advise to
refuse the proposal.
The Nortrax John Deere dealership off Carp
Road is on its way to moving to a new, expanded location at 190 David Manchester Rd.,
nearby the new Play Value Toys location that
faced a similar rezoning supported by councillors – but not city staff – last year.
City planner Laurel McCreight said there is
already more than 100 years worth of supply
of vacant employment land in the rural area,
so the dealership could find appropriate land
that’s already zoned to allow something like a
heavy equipment dealership.
It’s not that simple, said Janet Bradley, a
planning lawyer working on behalf of Nortrax.
“In a nutshell, this property is very unique
and unusual,” she said.
The company has spent three years looking
for a piece of land like this in the Ottawa area
and this meets the bill, Bradley said.
It’s bounded by Highway 7 on one side, a
hydro corridor on the other side, and the only
things nearby are a quarry and the Capital City
Speedway, which won’t be bothered by flatbed
trucks bringing in heavy farming and construction equipment, she said.
The rocky land is partially covered with
scrub forestry and couldn’t be farmed, she

added.
Cam Tyhurst, general manager of Nortrax,
said the site’s easy access to Highway 7, Highway 417 and Highway 416 make it ideal to deliver products to the catchment area of eastern
Ontario and western Quebec.
Members of the city’s agriculture and rural
affairs committee agreed with Nortrax during
SUBMITTED
the Dec.5 meeting. They voted to allow the
rezoning. Council will have to give its final Despite being advised to reject a proposal to allow a John Deere dealership to move near
approval on Dec. 11, after this newspaper’s Highway 7, the city’s agriculture and rural affairs committee OKed the Nortrax relocation
on Dec. 5
deadline.
“If you’re looking in a perfect world this
would be a perfect place to locate a business Eli El-Chantiry, who wanted to ensure the area around $550,000 in development charges relatbecause of the proximity to roads,” said the “still has a beautiful entrance to the City of ed to the relocation. Construction should begin
committee chairmen, Osgoode Coun. Doug Ottawa” as motorists arrive along Highway 7 in the spring, Tyhurst said.
Thompson.
from the valley west of the city.
Allowing the dealership to move and expand
He questioned whether city staff consider the
He went to great pains to show he supports would enable the $7.2 million construction
actual development capabilities of the amount the rezoning application from Nortrax.
project to go ahead, creating 175 construction
of employment lands the city has designated.
“To John Deere, we are happy and grateful jobs, Bradley said.
Sometimes those lands aren’t developable, he you chose our city,” El-Chantiry said. “What
The existing 35 employees would get to
said, or they just don’t meet the needs of rural better fit for a John Deere business (than) to be keep their jobs at the dealership and it would
businesses.
in a rural area?”
eventually hire eight to 12 additional workers,
“Sometimes the figures are questionable,”
Tyhurst said the committee’s support obvi- she added. The current facility has been located
Thompson said. “Sometimes in these cases we ously made his company happy.
at 189 Cardevco Rd. for around 20 years, Tyhave to look at where in fact is a good location
“We’ve been a year and a half working on hurst said.
to put a business.”
this project,” Tyhurst said. “We’ve had spent
The expanded facility wouldn’t offer any
The dealership plans to keep as much of the numerous time, energy and dollars with the ap- new equipment.
vegetation on site as possible and it will even plication work with the city and nearby resi“It’s the same product, just more of it,” Tydig pits in the rock so it can plant large conifer- dents to ensure that everybody is happy with hurst said.
ous and deciduous trees along the perimeter so the location.”
Nortrax sells construction and forestry
they can grow large enough to provide a bufThe city didn’t receive any comments from equipment from John Deere and some other
fer.
the public about the rezoning application.
brands, including backhoe loaders, harvesters,
That pleased West Carleton-March Coun.
Bradley pointed out the city would collect loaders and other heavy equipment.

Alive and hugging
Norman Reedus, who plays crossbow-wielding, redneck zombie slayer Daryl Dixon on The Walking Dead,
hugs a fan at his autograph table on Dec. 7 during
Ottawa’s first-ever Pop Expo. Of the cast members
present at the expo, Reedus’ character is the only
one who is alive on the show. The pop culture convention was held at the Ernst and Young Centre in
south Ottawa.

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News â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Shoreline restoration initiatives are underway along
the Carp River.
The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) is
currently working on two projects downstream of the Village of
Carp in partnership with the City of Ottawa, the Friends of the
Carp River (FCR), shoreline landowners, and with funding from
the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are just starting with the work,â&#x20AC;? said MVCA biologist
Kelly Stiles.
She said the project came about when the Friends of the
Carp River contacted the conservation authority in the hopes
of expanding current restoration efforts downstream of Kanata,
where some work had been done.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Surveys were done in 2012 to map areas in need of improve-

ment,â&#x20AC;? Stiles said, referring to the assessment done last summer
which discovered issues such as erosion and blockage along the
river.
Two abandoned farm crossings were identified as areas in
need of improvement and the landowners were contacted for
permission to do work. That work was done last Thursday (Dec.
5).
Stiles said the shorelines by these crossings have sustained
ice damage and erosion problems. High flow velocities caused
by the damage make it difficult for fish to migrate upstream to
spring breeding grounds.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were successful in removing the two abandoned river crossings, as well as a debris jam from the Carp River as
planned. In the spring, we intend to do a large shoreline planning to improve the riparian habitat and protect the shorelines
against erosion at both sites,â&#x20AC;? Stiles said.
Approximately 150 metres of shoreline will be planted with

local native trees and shrubs helping to restore the banks from
historical cattle access and the disturbance caused when removing the bridge structures.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Next year we will be replanting top of banks,â&#x20AC;? said Stiles.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to do a shoreline planning.â&#x20AC;?
The hope is that these projects will spur other landowners
from doing the same with their properties along the river.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Department of Fisheries and Oceans provided us the
grant money to do this project since it will improve the ability
of fish to migrate up the system during high spring flows, as
well as reduce potential negative impacts on fish habitat due to
shoreline erosion,â&#x20AC;? Stiles said.
Funds are available to provide advice, materials, and labour
for shoreline projects. Stiles said if shoreline residents are interested in participating in these stewardship activities, MVCA
staff can help get them started. Stiles can be reached at the
MVCA office at 613-253-0006 or kstiles@mvc.on.ca.

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PHOTOS BY DEREK DUNN/METROLAND

Helpers in the Harbour
Santa’s elves at the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre last Saturday include
Molly Burke and Christine Noel, left photo, and Erin Chartrand, Adrienne Jones,
Tiffani McMurray, and Rylie McManus. Meanwhile, enjoying cake for lunch during
the children’s Christmas party are Ivy and Logan Trudeau of Kinburn.

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West Eco-Club works hard to make school more eco-friendly
Emily Edwards
WCSS co-op student

Community – The West Carleton Secondary
School Eco Club, or “Gang Green”, is unquestionably putting in the time needed to get the
school involved in environmental activities.
Through weekly meetings, the students in the
group have managed to coordinate a number of
different eco-initiatives to improve school culture and environmental stewardship. Some of
these activities include a Clean Air Champions
presentation, discussing how to live a more sustainable and active life, and a day dedicated to
cleaning up the school grounds.
The group is also planning a waste and energy audit for the school, aiming to compare how

the students are doing in the first semester of
school, to how they improve next semester.
This should reflect the environmental consciousness of the students, and hopefully give
the members of the club ideas for next year towards improving the environmental abilities of
the school.
The group is also planning a waste and energy audit for the school, aiming to compare how
eco-conscious the students are now, to how they
are next semester.
An activity the “Gang Green” members are
excited about is the “Ban the Bottle” campaign.
The aim of the campaign is to get students to
drink more tap water and avoid using plastic
bottles. To support this initiative, the students
are currently selling reusable water bottles with

the Eco Club logo.
“We are aiming for engagement from the
whole school to get all of this accomplished,”
said science teacher at West Carleton, Amie
Lee. “We also want to set some new goals for
next year.”
Lee mentions that the group is also planning

a spirit week in March that will include an “I
can go without” campaign that aims to increase
awareness of World Water Day. “This activity
looks at what amenities people in most countries go without,” said Lee of the campaign.
Also included in the spirit week will be a
healthy alternative food fair and bake sale.

News – The Children’s
Hospital of Eastern Ontario
(CHEO) was named as the
top hospital in Ontario for
pediatric inpatient satisfaction according to a patient
ratings report.
The report, released last
week, was completed by
the National Research Corporation Canada/Ontario
Hospital Association.
The report, completed
by the Ontario Hospital
Association and National
Research Council Canada, was based on patients
who had an inpatient stay
or emergency department

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visit between April 1, 2011
and March 31, 2012.
CHEO president and
CEO Alex Munter said the
good news is a reflection of
the diligent and consistent
work of hospital staff and
the parents of many children.
We really are the voice
of patients and their families,” said Munter. “With 26
hospitals in Ontario being
ranked … these are great
institutions to be ranked
with.”
“We are accountable to
our own patients, so this
ranking comes as a compliment of CHEO people.”
Munter said not a day
goes by where he doesn’t

see the generousity and dedication of staff.
“Every day just reminds us
in so many different ways how

staff and patients really make
CHEO what it is,” he said.
CHEO had the highest ranking in overall satisfaction with

inpatient care, according to a
survey filled out by patients and
parents.
“This is just the beginning.
CHEOnext, our strategic plan,
focuses on providing an exceptional experience for every patient and family,” said Munter.
“CHEO’s aim is to go from
really good to really great by
engaging patients and parents
in every facet of care, listening
to their feedback and using it to
continuously improve.”

CHEO is the second largest
hospital in the Champlain Local
Health Integration Network and
one of only a few stand-alone
pediatric hospitals in Canada.
Last year CHEO treated
6,245 children and youth, with
more than 2,500 doctors working around the clock to provide
care.
The full report can be found
at http://www.nationalresearch.
ca/research-and-resources/reports/.

Next steps for a smoke-free Ontario include penalties
Community - Ontario is taking the next
steps to protect youth from the harmful effects of smoking.
The province will introduce legislation
and propose regulatory changes that would,
if passed, strengthen the Smoke-Free Ontario Act by increasing penalties for selling
tobacco to kids and further limiting smoking in public areas.
The proposed measures include:
* Prohibiting smoking on playgrounds,
sport fields, and restaurant and bar patios.
* Increasing fines for those who sell tobacco to youth, making Ontario’s penalties
the highest in Canada.
* Banning the sale of flavoured tobacco

products to make smoking less appealing to
young people.
* Strengthening enforcement to allow for
testing of tobacco in waterpipes in indoor
public places.
* Prohibiting tobacco sales on post-secondary education campuses and specified
provincial government properties.
The measures build on steps the government has already taken, including protecting kids from tobacco exposure in motor
vehicles, prohibiting tobacco use in indoor
public places and workplaces, and banning
the sale of flavoured cigarillos.
Preventing youth from starting to use tobacco and protecting them from the harmful

effects of second hand smoke will help to
achieve the government’s Action Plan for
Health Care goal to have the lowest smoking rate in the country.
QUICK FACTS

• 66 per cent of people in Ontario want
smoking to be prohibited on restaurant and
bar patios.
• 58 Ontario municipalities representing
61 per cent of the population already ban
smoking on playgrounds.
• Each year, tobacco claims 13,000 lives
in Ontario — equivalent to 36 lives every
day.

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in Kanata, Goulbourn & West Carleton

SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL BUSINESS
Recognize a deserving local business or individual by nominang them in
the 15th Annual People’s Choice Business Awards

Nominations are NOW OPEN!

Nominaons will close at midnight on December 18, 2013
For details visit: KanataChamber.com

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Inaugural Carp dinner and talk a success; raises funds for food bank
Lifestyle - It was a familiar scene
for the old Carp Memorial Hall as
families, seniors and singles getting
together for a meal, children playing,
people singing a few carols and the
community raising food and funds
for those less fortunate.
The Dec. 8 event was a group effort, with volunteers from the Carp
Ridge EcoWellness Centre, funding
from the Carp Ridge Learning Centre, (a registered charity), donations
of food from growers at the Carp
Farmer’s Market and individuals
contributing their cooking and help
setting up and cleaning up.
SEVERAL GOALS

The goal of this event is manypronged: to fundraise for the local
food bank (seven large boxes and
$1,100); increase awareness of our
local food supply; share knowledge
of nutritious eating; support area
families and seniors; bring commu-

nity together as sponsors/speakers;
strengthen our network of sustainable services; and learn tools for
healthy living in the often stressful
modern world.
The theme for this first dinner and
talk was Healthy Sweeteners, with
naturopathic doctor Chelsey Corrigan separating out “the good, the
bad and the ugly”, encouraging us to
replace our white sugar and artificial
sweeteners with more wholesome
and natural varieties which were on
display for people to try. A useful
handout will no doubt be pinned to
several fridges!
Almost 50 people of all ages attended, with much appreciation
for the healthy and delicious food
cooked mainly by holistic chef Kim
Trott from Carp.
The highlights were shepherd’s
pie with sweet potatoes, a chickpea curry with coconut milk and an
apple-rhubarb crisp with yogurt and
local maple syrup.

MANY DONATIONS

Thanks go to the following donors
of food: Dobson Farms/grass-fed
beef; Nelson Water Systems for purified water and a stand; Maple Holme Sugar Bush for syrup; ServiPro
Farm for some crispy Jerusalem
artichokes; Chamomile Desjardins
for his famous hot sauce; the Hemp
Cookie Company for gluten-free
hemp cookies; Russell and Abigail
Corbett for their splendid raw honey;
Kricklewood Farm for local organic,
cold-pressed sunflower oil; tasty
apples from Harvest Moon Orchard;
a fabulous bean dip made by Sallie
Storey; and delectable devilled eggs
concocted by Sandy Rawson.
The next dinner and talk will
sometime in the New Year. If you
are interested in helping or would
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Once again Coldwell Banker Valley Wide Real Estate Brokerage
will be supporting the Arnprior Food Bank.
Donations can be dropped off at our ofﬁce location,
194 Daniel Street South, up until December 16th.
Thank you for your Continued Support!

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Christmas
breakfast
Tim and son Tyler
Leclair of MacLaren’s Landing enjoy
breakfast in the Bay
last Saturday morning. Along with the
Santa party upstairs
- served by members
of the 32nd West
Carleton Girl Guides,
photo at left - a craft
sale was held on the
main floor. Selling her
homemade Christmas
crafts is Delayne Bird.
PHOTOS BY DEREK
DUNN/METROLAND

³4HE 3TATION´ AT ,ONGFIELDS 9OU´VE !RRIVED
This Saturday December 14th,
Campanale Homes will ofﬁcially unveil
the long awaiting centrepiece to their
Longﬁelds Station project in the heart of
Barrhaven. The STATION , conveniently
located directly in front of the new
Longﬁelds Transit station, is a short
walk from the transitway and unlimited
access to Ottawa’s public transportation
hub. This four-storey luxury apartment
condominium, will feature a selection of
one and two bedroom designs, 12 in total
to choose from, complete with storage
lockers and heated underground parking
for most units. All but one design will
also have an ample sized balcony adorned
with smoked glass guards. One of the
more unique features of this distinctive
destination, is the inclusion of 6 light
commercial shops and services on the
main ﬂoor. The main entrance opens up
to a wonderfully expansive lobby, fully
secured and professional decorated with
both stair and elevator access to the suites
above and the parking garage below. The
commercial units have no access to the
residential apartments above and are
being set up with concrete walkways and
smoked glass entrances and professional
looking sign boxes to compliment the
overall look and luxury of the building.
The light commercial services and shops
are there to enhance and compliment the
lifestyles of the residents above.
Campanale Homes have been building
lasting investments in Ottawa and the
area for over three decades. Founders and
brothers - Rocco, Tony and Vince started
with a vision and desire to bring exceptional
value and traditional craftsmanship to
homes of varying sizes and styles. Like
their experienced craftspeople that turn
plans into the reality of inviting homes,
Campanale planners took the same care

and skill to develop their community in the
absolutely perfect Barrhaven location. It’s
simply not enough for Campanale to be in
the right location. The Station scores high
in this area due to its walking proximity
to the Longﬁelds Transit station, and the
many amenities Barrhaven has to offer.
Responsible and trusted planners
like Campanale develop a community
so that early-built homes provide total
property enjoyment while the rest of the
development progresses. No Campanale
homeowner will feel as if they’ve moved
into a construction wasteland, due to the
care that Campanale takes when crafting
a neighborhood. With only 36 residential
units available at The STATION, the
Campanale team expects it won’t take
long before The STATION sells out and in
the Fall of 2015, they will be welcoming
residents to their new homes, helping to
make Longﬁelds Station one of the fastest
growing communities in Barrhaven.
Campanale has reserved the ground
ﬂoor of The STATION for light commercial,
allowing for professional services that will
enhance and compliment the lifestyle
of the residents above and not interfere
with their enjoyment of their new home.

22 West Carleton Review EMC - Thursday, December 12, 2013

Likewise the residents will enjoy the shops
and services right at their ﬁngertips. The
types of businesses and ofﬁces allowed will

of amenities that can already be found in
Barrhaven, and several of the commercial
spaces have already been sold.
The condo-apartments themselves will
be available in 12 different ﬂoor-plans
of one and two bedroom units, with or
without a convertible den. An in-unit
utility room will be equipped to handle
washers and dryers. Sizes will range from

be strictly controlled, as will their hours
of operation. Entrances will be designed
with security in mind and to the end that
business and residential trafﬁc will be
separated. It’s Campanale’s aim to have high
quality commercial occupants who would
provide professional services that would be
of beneﬁt to the residents of The STATION
and the local community, adding to the list

608 to almost 1159 square-feet with plenty
of natural light through thermally efﬁcient
windows. As with any Campanale home
you can expect premium ﬁnishes and
treatments, as well as energy efﬁcient
appliances and all the amenities that have
made award winner Campanale Homes
one of the most respected builders in the
region. Every condo-apartment will be

loaded with high-end features, including
granite countertops and stainless steel
appliances, ceramic tile and hardwood
ﬂooring, central air, high ceilings and
so much more. What will surprise most
everyone is that The STATION will be able
to offer all this in an incredibly low price
range of the low $250K’s to the $450K’s.
Every unit will have a parking space and a
storage locker at no extra cost. Campanale
expect these luxury suites to sell out fast
when The STATION is pre-launched this
month, and early birds will deﬁnitely have
the advantage of getting their pick of the
new homes.
The STATION, like the entire Longﬁelds
community, will appeal to a wide variety
of home-seekers and investors. Empty
nesters, seniors and young professionals
alike will enjoy the freedom from property
maintenance, and career minded types
will love the executive-living lifestyle only
steps from the transitway. Couples of all
ages will appreciate the convenience of
all the amenities located within walking
distance of The STATION, including the
many shops, schools, places of worship
and recreation facilities. For those looking
to enjoy the great outdoors, will revel in
the availability of walking trails and bike
paths and a world of sports ﬁelds and
parks, directly across the street in South
Nepean Park.
The Longﬁelds Station Sales Centre is
open Monday through Thursday, from
noon to 8 pm and from noon to 5 pm on
weekends and holidays. You can call 613
440 3750 or visit www.campanale.com for
more information. Don’t forget to drop by
this Saturday December 14th at 10am for
you special opportunity to own a piece of
THE STATION.
Register online at www.campanale.com

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Hydro rates to soar as province unveils Long Term Energy Plan

STEPH WILLEMS/METROLAND

Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli is seen speaking in Ottawa in early 2013.
On Dec. 2, Chiarelli unveiled the province’s Long Term Energy Plan,
which will see hydro rates increase 42 per cent over the next five years.
wath.
Under the new plan, the existing
Industrial Electricity Incentive for
large hydro users would continue,
and the Northern Industrial Electric-

ity Rate Program would be extended
to 2016. Any continuation of the
clean energy benefit, set to expire at
the end of 2015, would require “legislative changes” and “take into ac-

count a number of factors, including
the province’s financial situation.”
In keeping with the “conservation over generation” theme of the
plan, the government plans to lower
energy usage during excessive peak
times (such as summer heat waves)
by expanding demand response to
participating businesses, thus lowering energy usage – and generation
costs – during these times.
Incentives for homeowners to upgrade the efficiency of their homes
were floated in the plan, a move that
would see the cost of retrofits applied
to the homeowner’s hydro bill.
Annual reports detailing the state
and progress of the energy sector going forward are included in the plan.
Like the home retrofit incentives,
the plan contains a number of tentative ideas for future consideration.
These moves could have an impact
on rates. Among them is the consideration of importing clean energy
from neighbouring jurisdictions.

News - Ontario residents can expect
to continue paying more for electricity, even after years of significant rate
increases.
That was the key information contained within the province’s LongTerm Energy Plan, which was announced by Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli on Dec. 2.
Released every three years, the
plan maps out the chosen generation
methods for the province’s energy
requirements while forecasting how
that generation will impact rates going
forward.
The 2013 Long-Term Energy Plan
had little good news for those hoping
for a reprieve on their bills. Rates are
forecast to increase dramatically in the
next several years, to the tune of 42 per
cent by 2018, a figure which includes
the scheduled removal of the 10 per
cent Ontario Clean Energy Benefit.
For an average home using 800
kilowatt hours of hydro per month,
this would mean monthly bills would
rise from $125 to $178 by 2018. By
2032, the end of the plan’s time frame,
this bill would be $210.
Chiarelli stressed the projections
from this plan are lower than that of
the 2010 plan due to measures taken
to lower the cost of electricity generation. A number of actions, including
scrapping plans to build new nuclear
capacity and changes to an agreement
with Samsung – the contract at the
heart of the 2009 Green Energy Act are among the mitigating factors taken
in the past year to rein in rate inflation.
“This plan reflects what we heard
from thousands of people and dozens
of organizations right across the province,” Chiarelli said in a statement.
“Our vision for Ontario is to create a
clean, affordable and reliable energy
system that focuses on conservation
and addresses regional needs.”
Under the 2013 plan, Ontario will
continue to pursue renewable energy
generation options, meaning more
subsidized wind and solar, as well
as increased hydroelectric generation. Coal-powered generation will be
phased out by the end of 2013, and
with plans for new nuclear capacity
cancelled, production from that sector
will eventually represent less than half
of the province’s power mix.
Opposition parties, who had been
turning up the heat on the governing
Liberals in recent months over hydro
rates, spoke out following the release
of the plan.
In legislature, Progressive Conservative energy critic Lisa MacLeod
dubbed the document a “short-term
energy plan,” saying the government
“has a lot of nerve to come into the assembly and tell Ontarians they are not
going to be paying as much originally
projected.”
MacLeod cited the continuing loss
of manufacturing jobs in the province
as a product of the province’s energy
policies.
“According to many of the stakeholders I have spoken to, the LTEP
is nothing more than a candy store
– something for everyone – procuring
300 megawatts of wind and 140 mega-

watts of solar in 2014 and 2015, even
though the province does not need
the power,” said MacLeod.
“(Ratepayers) are tired of it, they
can’t afford it, they want it to stop.”
New Democratic Party leader Andrea Horwath said in a release that
the latest energy plan was the government’s way of distracting voters
from its own past policy decisions.
“The Liberal government is scrambling to take some long overdue steps
today, but they’re still on the same
old path that’s left Ontarians with the
highest hydro bills in the country,”
said Horwath.
Horwath said that off-peak hydro
rates – which consumers were encouraged to take advantage of – have
risen 40 per cent since the last energy
plan in 2010, while overall hydro
bills have doubled since the Liberals
took office.
“This doesn’t cut it for families
who were expecting real relief from
bills that keep climbing,” stated Hor-

Community - The Kanata Chamber of Commerceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Food and
Wine Show was a resounding success, selling out and raising some
much-need funds for the Kanata
Food Cupboard, said executive director Rosemary Leu.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;(It was) fantastic, beyond soldout â&#x20AC;&#x201C; great crowd and support from
the businesses and community,â&#x20AC;? she
said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always our favourite event
to do. Our restaurants did us proud.â&#x20AC;?
Three-hundred tickets were sold
to the 12th-annual show, which featured local food, winery and brewery
vendors, held at the Holiday Inn and
Suites on Nov. 21.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really great way to find out
about new restaurants in the area,â&#x20AC;?
said Helen Burton, who attended the
event for the first time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
terrific.â&#x20AC;?

Aside from the food and drink, the
event also raised funds through a silent and live auction.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole purpose of this event
is to help the Kanata Food Cupboard,â&#x20AC;? said long-time event sponsor
Mark Reid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every little bit helps.â&#x20AC;?
Marc Dumais, chair of the food
cupboard, said the event is one of the
organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest fundraisers every year.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;This event is really, really important for us,â&#x20AC;? he told the crowd.
The food cupboard helps more
than 10,000 people every year and
saw a 15 per cent increase in demand
from 2011 to 2012, Dumais said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really, really appreciative
of this event and the people who put
it on,â&#x20AC;? said Dumais.
The chamber will present a
cheque to the food cupboard with all
the funds raised during an upcoming
breakfast meeting.

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JESSICA CUNHA/
METROLAND

Algonquin College students
Mac Coombs
and
Justine
Rebertz plate
herb
goat
cheese crostinis topped with
brulĂŠe figs for
Graffitiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian
Eatery during
the 12th-annual
Food and Wine
Show hosted
by the Kanata
Chamber
of
Commerce on
Nov. 21.

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Melanie Desjardins and Leesa
Hudson serve up cocktails for The
Crazy Horse Stonegrill Steakhouse
and Saloon during the 12th-annual Food and Wine Show hosted by
the Kanata Chamber of Commerce
on Nov. 21.

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12th-annual Food and Wine Show
hosted by the Kanata Chamber of
Commerce on Nov. 21.

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Kids’ party time
at the WC Legion
The youngsters had a great time Sunday at
the West Carleton Legion children’s Christmas party. They created Christmas crafts
and made gingerbread men as they waited for Santa to arrive. Above. Abigail Reed
makes a beautiful card. Left, Ella WezlerSzaraz concentrates on her creation. For
more photos of the party, see the Christ- Shannon Lyttle is comfortable in the rocking chair as
mas supplement in next week’s paper.
she waits for Santa Claus to arrive.

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New Year and add you to my Christmas Tree
‘Thank You’ List For next year!

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Holly Jolly
Christmas at VHR
SUBMITTED JASON MARSHALL

The Holly Jolly radiothon at Valley Heritage Radio Dec. 7 raised
$11,000 in four hours for the
Champlain Community Transportation Collaborative (a branch of
Carefor) to help offset the cost of
transportation for seniors in Renfrew County to get to essential
medical appointments. Organizers are very appreciative of the
support of the people of the Ottawa Valley who opened up their
hearts and their wallets for the
cause. Above, Art Jamieson and
Dai Bassett hosted the Holly Jolly
Radiothon. At right long-time VHR
volunteer Reta Behm and Rick

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Andy Bowes of the Bowes Brothers and Brad Sco, right, delight audiences with their
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Pakenham does Christmas country-style
The Pakenham Country Christmas was a hit Nov. 30 with a variety of events taking place throughout the
village. Children enjoyed a reindeer hunt, breakfast with Santa, wrote letters to Santa and even had lunch
with him. Also featured were artists Kevin Dodds and Daisy Mae Lennox, pony rides, and story time and
crafts at the library. A tree-lighting ceremony capped the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events. Portia Ferguson, 8, and her friend
Allie Corrigan, 9, both are asking Santa for iPod Minis in their letters to Santa.
Mortgan Russell, 10, is thoughtful with his letter.

Community – “We can’t help everyone,
but everyone can help someone.”
A fundraiser will be held next month in
aid of a Clayton woman suffering from pulmonary fibrosis, leaving her breathless and
dependent on oxygen.
Dew Rotor, only 33-years-old, is permanently hospitalized at the Toronto General
Hospital (TGH) until she receives a lifesaving double-lung transplant.
Close Rotor family friend, Terry Garwood, says it was earlier this month that
Dew learned her lungs have failed to the
point that she must stay at the health-care
facility until she receives her transplant.
“It is not known how long it will take to
find an organ donor,” said Garwood.
Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic disease
that results in scarring of the lungs. The scar
tissue replaces healthy tissue and causes inflammation. This damage causes the lungs
to stiffen and makes breathing increasingly
difficult.
Less than 10 per cent of Dew’s lungs are
still functioning and even the functioning
parts of her lungs are severely compromised.
“In August, the transplant team at the
Toronto General Hospital put Dew on the
list for a double-lung transplant,” said Gar-

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Clayton’s Dew Rotor, with her mother
and sole caregiver (Leslirae Rotor),
is currently in Toronto waiting for a
double-lung transplant. A fundraiser
on her behalf will take place Dec. 14 in
the Carleton Place arena, or visit www.
Life4Dew.ca to donate.
wood.
TGH has become the undisputed world
leader in lung transplantation. Ottawa native Hélène Campbell received her doublelung transplant at TGH in April 2012. Her
story became public after she reached out
to celebrities including Justin Bieber and
Ellen DeGeneres to raise awareness about
the need for organ donations while awaiting

her surgery.
On Aug. 11, Dew and her mother (Leslirae Rotor) moved from their home in Clayton to an area near Guelph to be within the
required two-hour radius of TGH. They
have lived in Mississippi Mills for the last
eight years.
However, now that Dew is unable to
leave TGH until her transplant, Leslirae
must now find accommodation in the city
as soon as possible, while maintaining the
family home in Clayton.
“I am worried about them,” said Garwood. “They are barely coping financially.”
What’s more, TGH requires the mother
and daughter to live in Toronto for a minimum of three months post transplant, which
will add additional expense.
People First of Lanark County (PFoLC),
along with Garwood, are spearheading a
Dec. 14 fundraiser to help cover costs for
Dew and her mother: accommodation,
meals (the hospital cannot meet Dew’s requirements for a specialized diet), medical,
transportation, moving expenses, the list
goes on.
The fundraiser – Life4Dew – takes place
from 7 to midnight at the Carleton Place
Arena (upstairs hall).
There will be live music, raffle draw, refreshments and more. Admission is a $10
donation to the cause.

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Best Buy CORRECTION NOTICE
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(WebCode: 10187137) were incorrectly advertised. Please be
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Ward 5 West Carleton-March
HIDDEN LAKE TRAIL PARK
In my previous column on November 7, 2013, I updated residents
on the status of the Hidden Lake Trail Park, which is located in the
Hidden Lake Crescent area of Carp. This is a park of 5.75 hectares
in size and is identiﬁed as an area of natural and scientiﬁc interest
by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
Over last several weeks, work has been done in this area to do
selective tree clearing necessary for the installation of a stone dust
trail, which is now nearing completion. The trail system will allow
public access into the site to enjoy the natural features of the site
while minimizing the environmental impact.
It has been brought to my attention that there are a lot of tire tracks
from ATVs along the trail. I would like to remind residents that no
motorized vehicles are allowed on this trail. The City’s By-Law
Department will be installing signage to remind residents of this.

RICHCRAFT RECREATION CENTRE – KANATA IS OPEN
FOR BUSINESS
On Thursday, December 5 I attended the grand opening of the new
$43 million Richcraft Recreation Centre – Kanata (RRCK). Located
at 4101 Innovation Drive, it is an absolutely beautiful state-of-theart and fully accessible facility that fulﬁlls the need for a recreation
facility to service residents of West Carleton-March and Kanata.
The 90,000 square foot building includes a 25-metre eight-lane
indoor pool, a leisure therapeutic pool, two full gymnasiums, ﬁtness
and cardio centre and several multi-purpose rooms. Outdoor
features incorporate play areas for children - including water play,
a basketball court, a skate park and a full-sized, lighted sports ﬁeld
with artiﬁcial turf. The complex was built to the Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED) GOLD standards including
a number of green features that promote energy efﬁciency and
reduced water use. Go to ottawa.ca to take a look at all that this
great facility has to offer. If you’d like to sign up for programming,
the RRCK’s program guide is posted on the home page of my
website under the “Latest News” section.

SANTA CLAUS PARADE IN CARP
The Huntley Community Association is hosting a Santa Claus
Parade in Carp on Saturday, December 14. The parade begins
at noon and the route starts and ends at the Diefenbunker. I’ll be
participating in the parade on the City of Ottawa ﬂoat – and I may
even be handing out some candy, so make sure to wave as the
Ottawa ﬂoat goes by! Afterwards at 2pm, folks are invited to Carp
Agricultural Hall where festivities will continue. Residents can enjoy
some snacks while visiting with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

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This is the last week that my ward ofﬁce, at 5670 Carp Road, is
accepting non-perishable food donations for the West Carleton
Emergency Food Aid. Deadline to get your contributions to us is
December 18. Also, all of the Ward 5 rural ﬁre stations are also
collecting non-perishable items from 7pm to 9pm during their
training nights as follows:
Drop off locations for Monday, December 16:
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Drop off locations for Wednesday, December 18:
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